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B.C. firefighters struggle to contain nine blazes *
Firefighters are working to contain what officials say is the biggest fire yet this year in B.C.
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B.C. fires top Canadian list of weather-related disasters *
From salmon suffocating in warm British Columbia streams to a Newfoundland town entombed in ice, this year's bizarre weather leaves little doubt that climate change has the country in its grip, Environment Canada says.
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B.C. town prepares as fires threaten *
From a viewpoint just outside this small resource town, Kelly de Strake looked through a haze of blue smoke back toward her home.
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Blaze nears B.C. town *
Heavy smoke and an air of apprehension hung over the small town of Lillooet yesterday as British Columbia's forest-fire season took a threatening turn.
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China shopping mall fire kills at least 53; fire at temple kills 39 *
A fire at a crowded shopping mall killed at least 53 people Sunday in China's northeast, while 39 died in a blaze in a temple in the southeast, state media said.
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Every kid's dream -- a schoolhouse fire *
A schoolhouse fire is every kid's dream, isn't it? Well, on this scorching August afternoon, that's exactly what happened.
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Fire at the Monte Carlo, Las Vegas *
Christopher Johnson reports live from the Las Vegas strip. . .
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Fire evacuation alerts lifted in B.C. *
The threat of evacuation in the face of forest fires is no longer imminent in the B.C. Interior as alerts were lifted Saturday.
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Firefighters make progress with B.C. blaze *
Firefighters have made progress battling the B.C. wildfire, which has spread only minimally over the past 24 hours, the B.C. Forest Service said Tuesday.
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Fires force RCMP to close Alaska Highway *
Nineteen people were forced to flee their homes late Sunday night as a forest fire raced towards two tiny communities on the Yukon-B.C. border.
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House fire mars New Year's Eve for Vancouver residents *
A house-fire that started in the upper storeys in an East Vancouver multiple-family dwelling spoiled any thought of celebration on New Year's Eve for one local neighbourhood.
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Lightning sparks more B.C. fires *
Lightning lit up B.C.'s forests overnight, sparking fires so intense crews can't get near many of them.
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Massive fire at Toronto propane depot forces thousands to flee *
A massive explosion tore through a propane depot in north Toronto early Sunday, closing major highways and subway lines, and forcing thousands to flee their homes.
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Nearly 600 fires still burning in British Columbia *
British Columbia's active fire count stands at 591. . .
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Officials comb through Paris hotel fire debris *
Firefighters and police have been searching the ruins of a Paris hotel after a devastating fire killed at least 21 people, 10 of them children.
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Paraguay inferno toll put as high as 364 *
Locked doors prevented or slowed the escape of supermarket shoppers from a fast-spreading fire that killed at least 318 people and injured hundreds, survivors said Monday. The market's two owners were detained for questioning.
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Paris hotel blaze toll tops 20 *
A fire that swept through a central Paris hotel early Friday killed 20 people -- including 10 children -- and injured more than 50 others, including two Canadians.
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Thunder Bay is burning *
Just like BC last summer: There are 147 active forest fires in Ontario, 63 of which started Monday.
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Wallace & Gromit trove lost in blaze *
Fire destroyed a priceless archive of Aardman Animations props, sets and models early yesterday, just hours after the company learned that its animated clay movie stars Wallace and Gromit had topped the North American box office.
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Weather cools B.C. fire threats *
Cool, wet weather has allowed fire officials in British Columbia to lift a couple of evacuation alerts and get a handle on hundreds of wildfires.
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Wildfire threatens major new telescope *
A mountainside wildfire was within less than a kilometre of a $200-million (U.S.) mountaintop observatory Wednesday, but firefighters were most concerned about summer homes in two small communities that were in the path of the flames.
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10,000 flee B.C. fire, 15 Kelowna homes destroyed *
Officials confirmed on Friday afternoon that 15 homes were lost after forest fires jumped a guard near a residential area in southern Kelowna, B.C. Thursday night.
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A Catch-22 behind the fire line *
To protect their communities against forest blazes, reports MARK STEVENSON, woodland residents may have to give up what attracted them there in the first place
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Arising from the ashes *
As townsfolk battle the inferno, neighbours offer aid and comfort. But why hasn't the rest of Canada pitched in? demands broadcaster LORNA DUECK
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B.C. fire victims return to find charred homes *
Joan Thompson climbed up out of the basement and into the charred skeleton of the home she had moved into just three weeks ago.
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B.C. vineyards feeling heat of forest fires *
of British Columbia's best-known vineyards, including the Cedar Creek and St. Hubertus wineries, are threatened by huge forest fires that continue to rage across key grape-growing areas in the southeastern region of the province.
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Battling the fires and asking questions *
British Columbia has burned before, and the thickly forested province will burn again, because nothing can stop the forces of nature. Not in recent memory, however, has the region burned so dramatically or with such devastating effect.
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Benefit raises money for B.C fire victims *
Some of Canada's most notable names in music played a benefit concert Saturday to raise money for victims of British Columbia's summer of flame and pay tribute to the firefighters who fought the blazes.
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City's tireless Kelowna fire chief Gerry Zimmermann hailed as 'Rudy Giuliani' *
He has become the face of the Kelowna fire, the city's very own Rudolph Giuliani. He goes on TV every day and reassures residents that everything is going to be okay. He swears. He cries in public, yet still comes off as a leader in control. He jokes about the need for beer. Everyone in Kelowna loves Gerry Zimmermann, the city's 54-year-old fire chief.
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Cranbrook fire threat grows *
More B.C. residents in the path of the Lamb Creek fire were forced to flee as the fire blazed out of control about 16 kilometres from Cranbrook Thursday.
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Fate of historic bridges depends on fickle winds *
The fate of about a dozen historic railway bridges near Kelowna, B.C., hangs in the balance Friday as firefighters in the region enjoy an unexpected spell of low winds.
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Fire claims another historic B.C. bridge *
Worry over high winds continued to wear Saturday on firefighters battling the stubborn Okanagan Mountain Park blaze. The inferno, meanwhile, had overnight devoured another historic landmark and continued to keep thousands of people from their homes and many more on evacuation alert
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Fire evacuees fetch prized possessions *
Dozens of fire evacuees who were temporarily allowed to go back home Saturday fetched their prized possessions — golf clubs, photographs and even a bottle of champagne.
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Fire in B.C.: 'It's heartbreaking to watch it' *
Massive storm of heat, flame lays waste to B.C. Interior
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Forecast gives hope for Kelowna *
Good weather conditions Tuesday provided the first real ray of hope — both for firefighters battling the Kelowna-area fire and for the thousands of citizens waiting to return to their homes after fleeing last week.
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Health of B.C. firefighters a growing concern *
The Kelowna fire is no longer advancing into this Okanagan city, but it's still burning out of control and taking its toll on the health of firefighters.
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Insurers unfazed by B.C. fire disaster *
Firms say they can handle the claims
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